Rivers H. Buford

Rivers H. Buford
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida
In office
January 1943 – January 9, 1945
Preceded byArmstead Brown
Succeeded byRoy H. Chapman
In office
March 5, 1931 – January 10, 1933
Preceded byLouie W. Strum
Succeeded byFred H. Davis
Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida
In office
December 4, 1925 – April 3, 1948
Appointed byJohn W. Martin
Preceded byThomas F. West
Succeeded byT. Frank Hobson
22nd Florida Attorney General
In office
January 4, 1921 – December 4, 1925
GovernorCary A. Hardee
Preceded byVan C. Swearingen
Succeeded byJ. B. Johnson
State Attorney for the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
In office
1915–1920
GovernorPark Trammell
Sidney Johnston Catts
State Attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
In office
1912–1915
GovernorAlbert W. Gilchrist
Park Trammell
Prosecuting Attorney for Gadsden County
In office
1909–1911
Appointed byAlbert W. Gilchrist
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the Calhoun district
In office
1901–1902
Personal details
Born(1878-01-18)January 18, 1878
Pulaski, Tennessee
DiedMarch 17, 1959(1959-03-17) (aged 81)
Tallahassee, Florida
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Nora Lee Milliken
Mary Cornelia Munroe
(m. 1904)

Mary Hollingsworth
Children6
OccupationAttorney
Testimonial upon the retirement of Judge Rivers Buford in the Florida Old Supreme Court Room, Nov. 29 1947. Rivers sits between the viewer and the flowers on the left of the photo.

Rivers Henderson Buford (January 18, 1878 – March 17, 1959) was an American attorney and politician who served twice as the chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court.[1]

  1. ^ "Justice Rivers Henderson Buford". Supreme Court. Retrieved 2019-04-19.